1961-62 Villanova Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 21-7 (Independent)

PS/G: 74.8 (51st of 180)

PA/G: 65.1 (39th of 180)

SRS: 13.74 (9th of 178)

SOS: 4.51 (33rd of 178)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (90-75) versus West Virginia
Won East Regional Semifinal (79-76) versus New York University
Lost East Regional Final (79-69) versus Wake Forest

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AP Poll Summary

1961-62 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/18	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Villanova	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Wed, Dec 6, 1961	REG	@	Princeton	Ivy	0.87	W	72	66		1	0	W 1	Dillon Gym
2	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	REG	@	Niagara	Ind	3.24	W	64	55		2	0	W 2	Gallagher Center
3	Mon, Dec 11, 1961	REG		Iowa State	Big 8	5.71	W	74	53		3	0	W 3	Villanova Field House
4	Wed, Dec 13, 1961	REG	@	Fordham	Metro NY	-4.93	W	69	48		4	0	W 4	Rose Hill Gymnasium
5	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	REG		St. Francis (NY)	Metro NY	-19.84	W	79	51		5	0	W 5	Villanova Field House
6	Wed, Dec 20, 1961	REG		Saint Francis (PA)	Ind	3.95	W	64	59		6	0	W 6	Villanova Field House
7	Tue, Dec 26, 1961	REG		Niagara	Ind	3.24	W	72	45		7	0	W 7	Villanova Field House
8	Thu, Dec 28, 1961	REG		Duquesne (3)	Ind	14.45	W	78	53		8	0	W 8	Villanova Field House
9	Sat, Dec 30, 1961	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	6.30	W	69	56		9	0	W 9	Villanova Field House
10	Wed, Jan 3, 1962	REG		Seton Hall	Ind	-5.95	W	99	67		10	0	W 10	Villanova Field House
11	Sat, Jan 6, 1962	REG	@	West Virginia	Southern	9.39	L	82	88		10	1	L 1	Stansbury Hall
12	Wed, Jan 10, 1962	REG	N	Temple	Mid-Atl	6.13	W	60	53		11	1	W 1
13	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	4.67	L	66	87		11	2	L 1	Schmidt Fieldhouse
14	Sat, Jan 20, 1962	REG	N	Pennsylvania	Ivy	1.42	W	81	54		12	2	W 1
15	Sat, Jan 27, 1962	REG		Memphis	Ind	5.12	W	109	84		13	2	W 2	Villanova Field House
16	Wed, Jan 31, 1962	REG	@	Duquesne (7)	Ind	14.45	L	51	53		13	3	L 1	Duquesne Gymnasium
17	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	Ind	1.99	L	89	93		13	4	L 2	Calihan Hall
18	Wed, Feb 7, 1962	REG		Duquesne (6)	Ind	14.45	W	82	63		14	4	W 1	Villanova Field House
19	Thu, Feb 8, 1962	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	12.42	L	66	79		14	5	L 1	Madison Square Garden (III)
20	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	REG	@	Canisius	Ind	4.44	L	76	80		14	6	L 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
21	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	REG	N	La Salle	Mid-Atl	1.58	W	65	63		15	6	W 1
22	Sat, Mar 3, 1962	REG	N	Saint Joseph's	Mid-Atl	5.04	W	66	59		16	6	W 2
23	Fri, Mar 9, 1962	REG	N	La Salle	Mid-Atl	1.58	W	75	67		17	6	W 3
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
24	Mon, Mar 12, 1962	NCAA	N	West Virginia	Southern	9.39	W	90	75		18	6	W 4	The Palestra
25	Fri, Mar 16, 1962	NCAA	N	New York University	Metro NY	6.51	W	79	76		19	6	W 5	Cole Fieldhouse
26	Sat, Mar 17, 1962	NCAA	N	Wake Forest	ACC	11.57	L	69	79		19	7	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse